chapter 6 and 7 readings

Chapter 6
I like how most of the chapters stress the importance of being able to distinguish the differences between academic writing and technical writing. In chapter 6 they start with discussing that academic vs. technical writing serve different purposes. Academic writing is more generalized and hopefully will be used in the future at some point. Technical writing is for "right now" and provides what type of action is required to make those changes. It is also about helping others like co-workers, mangers etc. It discusses five research methods that are helpful for on the job writing. Sometimes I don't use the best methods to find research so the plan provided in the chapter on how to conduct research and how to evaluate a good source will be helpful in my individual and group project this term. One of the most helpful things from this chapter is to remember to only choose information that relates to the objectives trying to be laid out.

Chapter 7
One major struggle I have in writing is keeping the paragraphs organized. Using the guidelines in chapter seven help with that exact issue. The most helpful information for me in this chapter is being able to use topic sentences correctly. Another is how to order the information. It suggests going from the most important to the least important. This makes sense because typically your readers are going to want to be able to point out the most important points first and the rest later. If it is hard to find the key points then most likely you will not get the outcome your looking for.